On this collaborative episode of Borough Sound x On A Wave ( @djnaturalwav ) DJ Zar and DJ Natural Wav have a healthy and critical dialogue around the implications of the "Toronto Man" caricature, content creators normalizing a type of Toronto accent, "Wah Gwan Delilah" and Drake's role in pushing a particular cultural narrative, and many more topics! We also touch on the growing popularity of Asian DJs in Toronto being booked for dancehall/reggae sets over Caribbean DJs, and how to go about participating in a culture without exploiting/mocking it. A must watch episode!

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0:00 - 0:27 Trailer for a WILD Episode!

0:28 - 1:34 "The Adam and & Wack Show" & Swinger Parties (You Can Skip This)

1:35 - 2:04 Introducing Our Episode!

2:04 - 3:00 "The Culture Vultures are Taking Over the City!"

3:01 - 5:40 What Cultures Make Up the "Toronto Culture"

5:41 - 7:34 "Wah Gwan Delilah"

7:35 - 9:10 Story about SnowD4Y as a Rapper

9:11 - 11:15 The Toronto Accent even Real?

11:16 - 12:36 "Wah Gwan Delilah" mocking Jamaican culture?

12:37 - 13:04 Toronto Man Comedians Mocking Urban Culture

13:05 -13:57 Toronto Black Youth Are The Victims of the "Toronto Accent"?

13:58 - 14:42 SnowD4Y Had To Switch Up Because Music Wasn't Working?

14:43 -15:23 Intention vs. Outcome?

15:24 - 15:50 Artists Use Black Culture When They Need It

15:55 - 17:29 Can People Adopt Elements of "Black Culture"?

17:30 - 18:08 Drake Co-Signing Snowd4y... Was it a Mistake?

18:09 - 19:20 Who Drake SHOULD'VE Co-Signed Instead

19:21 - 20:09 Toronto Peaked When The Raptors Won The NBA Finals

20:10 - 21:03 The Most Popular Toronto Artists are Liabilities for Drake

21:04 - 22:04 Junos Don't Mean Anything

22:50 - 23:14 Does SnowD4Y Represent a Version of Toronto Culture?

23:29 - 23:51 DJ Zar calls out Arab Yutes

23:58 - 24:40 How Non-Blacks See Black Culture

24:41 - 25:16 How To Participate in Black Culture Without Being a Vulture?

25:17 - 26:10 Toronto DJs & Black Music

26:11 - 27:05 Black Ownership in Entertainment

27:06 - 28:09 How Much Blame Can You Put On Non-Black People?

28:10 - 29:57 Natural Doesn't BELIEVE Drake

29:58 - 30:40 Can You Make Money Off A Culture w/o Exploiting It?

30:41 - 32:51 Natural's Jamaican Restaurant Experience

32:52 - 38:00 Non-Caribbean DJs Playing Caribbean Music

38:01 - 39:00 Black Lives Matter: Allyship Gone Wrong

39:01 - 40:40 Give Up Your Reggae Sets To Black DJs?

40:41 - 41:30 Is Hip Hop Still Black?

41:31 - 42:28 The Evolution of Patois

42:29 - 44:00 Mockery

44:01 - 44:52 Laughing With or Laughing At?

44:53 - 45:51 Is Drake A White Guy? A Chameleon?

45:52 - 47:38 Reacting to 5Bladez' TikTok

47:39 - 50:50 Minstrelsy Explained

50:51 - 53:00 Toronto Man Skits... Who is the "Toronto Man?"

53:01 - 54:35 Is "Wah Gwan Delilah" Harmful?

54:36 - 56:36 Black People Get Hyped when Non-Blacks Partake in Their Culture

56:37 - 1:00:00 Reclaiming Ownership

1:00:01 - 1:01:28 Wrapping Up

1:01:29 - 1:03:14 What about "Snow"?

1:03:15 - 1:06:25 Allyship

1:06:26 - 1:09:20 Meritocracy and Black DJs

1:09:21 - Wrapping Up!

On this episode of Borough Sound, DJ Zar sits down with Destiiny from @sadshordies to discuss what happened with Sad Shordies, Canadian Immigration, Dating celebrities & much more! A must see, and be sure to check out her content!

@destiinyschild www.instagram.com/destiinyschild www.tiktok.com/@destiinyschild s/o to @djnaturalwav as well! https://www.instagram.com/djnatural.wav https://www.tiktok.com/@djnatural.wav

Check out the host DJ Zar! https://www.instagram.com/djzartv https://www.tiktok.com/@georgeazartv

ABOUT OUR CHANNEL

Borough Sound is a Multimedia Network focused on delivering content, interviews, and entertainment! Check out our channel here: @boroughsoundtv Don’t forget to subscribe!

GET IN TOUCH Contact us at [email protected]

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0:00 - 0:28 DestiinysChild Episode Trailer!

0:29 - 1:41 Zar watched Sad Shordies?!

1:42 - 2:29 Introducing Destiiny!

2:30 - 4:14 Destiiny's Grassroots, Being Jamaican/Polish

4:15 - 5:51 Biracial Kids Navigating Cultural Identity

5:52 - 7:42 Racism in Poland

7:50 - 10:10 Being Vulnerable on Social Media

10:11 - 10:40 Destiiny on Therapy

10:41 - 11:30 Is Diagnosed Anxiety Controllable?

11:31 - 12:45 Charged Lemonade from Panera Bread Kills People!?

12:52 - 15:18 Scarcity Mindset

15:19 - 18:55 Does Destiiny hate Billionares?!

18:56 - 19:52 How Canadian Infrastructure is Falling Apart

19:53 - 22:29 The Immigration Illusion

22:30 - 24:25 Communities sticking together vs. Multiculturalism

24:32 - 26:39 Does Destiiny Write Move Scripts?!

26:40 - 28:45 Good Date Spots in Sauga

28:58 - 34:20 Celebs in Destiiny's DMs

34:21 - 36:35 Why does Destiiny have Dating Issues?

36:43 - 38:49 Destiiny on Dating Women

38:50 - 39:38 Birthday on Halloween

39:40 - 40:03 What Signs Does Destiiny Usually Go For?

40:04 - 41:30 What are Libras like?

41:31 - 44:58 Scorpios are PETTY, Libras are FLIRTY?

44:59 - 51:48 Will There Ever Be A FULL Sad Shordies Reunion?

51:49 - 54:06 What is the Future of Sad Shordies?

54:07 - 55:24 Destiiny has RAP SONGS?!

55:25 - 1:00:30 RAPID FIRE ROUND

1:00:31 - 1:02:29 Wrapping Up

1:02:32 - 1:04:28 Advice for DJ Zar, History of Borough Sound

1:04:43 Q-TIP

This week, DJ Zar sat with Kitana Milan (https://www.tiktok.com/@kitanamilan), a social media creator from Toronto with lots of controversial takes. In this episode, we discuss a wide range of topics, from Gender Roles, Relationships, Mass Immigration & what it means to be Canadian! ZAR https://www.instagram.com/djzartv Filmed at 25th Hour Studios, check us out here: www.25thhourstudios.ca ABOUT OUR CHANNEL Borough Sound is a Multimedia Network focused on delivering content, interviews, and entertainment! Check out our channel here: @boroughsoundtv Don’t forget to subscribe! GET IN TOUCH Contact us at [email protected] FOLLOW US ON SOCIALS: BOROUGH SOUND TV https://www.tiktok.com/@boroughsoundtv https://www.instagram.com/boroughsoundtv High Tension by Audionautix is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Artist: http://audionautix.com/ 🕰️ TIMESTAMPS 🕰️ 0:00 - 0:30 TRAILER FOR EPISODE WITH KITANA MILAN 0:31 - 1:30 Introductions & Pleasantries w 1:31 - 2:00 Who is Kitana Milan? 2:01 - 2:50 Being a Low Maintenance Person 2:51 - 4:27 What is a “Pick Me?” / Being a Nurturer 4:28 - 6:43 Do Women Really Want a 50/50 Relationship? 6:44 - 9:20 Younger Women Have An Advantage in the Mating Pool 9:21 - 14:04 Women Not Wanting Kids = Selfish?! 14:05 - 16:15 “I’m Not the One With the Uterus” 16:16 - 18:01 POOR PEOPLE SHOULDN’T HAVE KIDS?! 18:02 - 18:45 Marriage Material 18:46 - 19:51 The “Baddie” Prototype 19:52 - 22:35 What Is A “Baddie?” 22:35 - 23:50 Can a Man Just Say He’s a “Boss” 23:51 - 26:27 What is the Male Equivalent of a “Baddie” 26:28 - 30:59 Should Guys Date Before They’re Established? 31:00 - 31:37 What’s One Ethnicity You’d Be Curious To Date? 31:38 - 33:10 Where are the Natives? 33:11 - 34:05 Where’s Kitana From / Random Bants 34:06 -35:14 Male and Female Friendships 35:15 - 36:23 “Would The World Be Better If Women Stayed in The Kitchen”? 36:24 - 37:38 What Kinda Woman Can You See Zar With? 37:39 - 38:20 The Problem with Dating Independent Woman 38:21 - 40:20 Why Do Men Cheat? 40:21 - 43:26 Immigration in Canada 43:27 - 45:06 The Problem with Canada 45:07 - 45:42 Slavery Wasn’t Because of White Supremacy? 45:43 - 48:50 Is Race “Man-Made” 48:55 - 55:55 Should You Have To Speak English if You Move to Canada? 55:56 - 58:13 Is Mass Immigration a Problem? 58:14 - 58:39 Can Immigration Lead to More Racism? 58:40 - 59:37 Canadian Anthem in Punjabi 59:38 1:00:50 How The Roman Empire Fell 1:00:55 - 1:02:03 Brampton Statue 1:02:04 -1:03:40 Multiculturalism 1:03:41 - 1:04:27 What Makes a Canadian a Canadian? 1:04:28 Wrapping Up with Kitana Milan!

On this episode of Borough Sound, DJ Zar talks to Omar Beltagi, an Egyptian TikToker who's amassed over 70k followers and counting. DJ Zar and Beltagi discuss a wide range of topics, from the fakeness of Toronto to the Egyptian foods and films! Be sure to check him out here:

Omar's Socials: www.instagram.com/omarbeltagi_ www.tiktok.com/@beltagi

ZAR https://www.instagram.com/djzartv

On this episode of Borough Sound, DJ Zar brings Radies Rajakulam from to the "Seeking Success Podcast" discuss their podcast beef, Tamil culture, his new single "Rasathi", Cryptocurrency & much more!

On this episode of Borough Sound, we brought back one of the biggest DJ's in Toronto, DJ NATURAL WAV  @djnaturalwav  . Having amassed hundreds of thousands of followers on TikTok with millions of views from his content, DJ Natural holds nothing back as he exposes the Toronto Dancehall Scene, King Turbo Sound, educates us about Sound Clashes and gives us plenty of gems!

Filmed at 25th Hour Studios, check us out here: www.25thhourstudios.ca

Check out DJ Natural Wav here: https://www.tiktok.com/@djnatural.wav?_t=8kD7bJQGK97&_r=1

This week, we had WeLoveHipHop's very own Friday Ricky Dred on the show to talk about a wide range of topics, including: Toronto Hip Hop, Drake's early come up, alcohol vs. weed addiction, LADYSB & much more!!

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0:00 - 0:23 Trailer for Friday Episode

0:24 - 1:23 Introducing our guest, Friday Ricky Dred!

1:24 - 2:15 Differences Between East End vs. Downtown… RABBA

2:16 - 3:28 History of Friday & The Podcast

3:29 - 4:50 Embracing “Nerd-dom”

4:51 - 6:59 Will Conscious Rap ever be bigger than Gangsta Rap?

7:00 - 9:55 Is Hip Hop Dying? Is It Just Oversaturated?

9:56 - 12:02 When did Hip Hop become “Mainstream cool?”

12:03 - 13:53 What is the “Toronto” Sound?

13:54 - 17:22 How did the Toronto Sound change Post-Drake?

17:33 - 20:53 Working with 40 and Empire, Witnessing Drake’s Come Up

20:54 - 24:19 How was Drake received in Toronto?

24:20 - 25:21 Tory Lanez’ come up

25:22 - 25:56Brief Sean Kingston convo

25:57 - 28:50 Alcohol v. Weed Addiction

28:51 - 31:40 Would Friday manage artists again?

31:41 - 33:51 Independent Music Grind Before & After Streaming

33:52 - 35:53 When your Likeness is Bigger than your Music

35:54 - 38:51 Can a female artist having only fans negatively effect their credibility?

38:52 - 40:28 Female Rappers getting support from female listeners

40:29 - 45:38 Female MC’s that men listen to

45:39 - 52:03 Rapid Fire Questions w/ Friday

52:04 - 54:54 Friday on PK Hercs leaving the pod & social responsibility

54:55 - 58:55 Do Blogs Have a Responsibility? Who are the tastemakers, the audience or the blogs?

58:56 - 1:01:37 LADYSB

1:01:38 - 1:12:53 Plushh, the Toronto Accent & Slang

1:12:54 - 1:14:43 Friday on his Ghanaian heritage

1:14:44 - 1:16:05 Can Toronto be a hub for Afrobeats?

1:16:06 - 1:21:43 Toronto Rap x House?!

1:21:44 - 1:24:33 The Age you gotta STOP TRYING TO RAP

1:24:34 - 1:28:53 “You Don’t Have to Be Jay Z To Have A Successful Life”

1:28:54 - 1:30:43 Fan Interactions with Friday

1:30:44 Advice for Borough Sound / Closing Remarks

This week, the legendary Director Huss ( @DirectorHuss ) came by the show to talk about a wide range of topics, including: the benefits of his honey packs, Brodie league, being a music video director, the decline of Toronto Hip Hop & much more!

PROMO CODE BS6 For A Discount on the Honey ;) Check Out Director Huss Here: https://www.instagram.com/director.huss https://www.tiktok.com/@directorhuss

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0:00 - 0:38 TRAILER

0:39 - 1:00 Introducing Director Huss

1:01 - 2:00 Zar’s Honey Testimony

2:01 - 3:56 Director Huss discovering Honey, Health Journey

3:57 - 4:54 How did Huss notice his health changes?

4:56 - 6:05 Director Huss on Fasting & Eating Habits

6:07 - 7:36 What type of workout does Huss do?

7:37 - 9:15 Director Huss Career as a Music Video Director

9:16 - 12:59 Huss’ Advice for Aspiring Music Video Directors

13:00 - 13:57 What does Huss do for fun?

13:58 - 17:21 Huss was BLIND in One Eye?!

17:22 - 24:54 Brodie League

25:55 - 26:26 Fake Honey vs. Real Honey

26:27 - 28:23 **** Parties & ****stars

28:24 - 32:50 Borough Sound = Honey Brand Ambassador!?

32:51 - 33:29 History of the Honey

33:30 - 35:32 Political Affiliations as a Music Video Director in Toronto

35:33 - 37:59 Is Hip Hop on the Decline?

38:00 - 42:58 When did Huss diversify his hustle away from just music videos?

42:59 - 44:49 How much should you spend on a music video?

44:50 - 47:43 Huss’ Process

47:44 - 48:20 Are Music Videos More Worth It Than Marketing?

48:21 - 50:08 Audience expectations of Toronto rappers

50:09 - 54:00 What kind of music does Huss listen to? / Favourite Toronto Artists

54:01 -57:00 Who would Huss want to work with?

57:01 - 59:49 Borough Sound PROMO CODE for the Honey, What Huss Got Planned Up Next

59:50 What is the 5?

This week, DJ Zar sat with talented artist MDRA to talk about her musical journey, Sexyy Red, her new album "INFERNO", her dark Tweets, Buddhism & much more! Check Out MDARA here!: https://www.instagram.com/madebymadara/

Her New Album INFERNO: https://open.spotify.com/album/3zcbM95iIumgjPRNZ3InSV?si=U4rXMxxyTUWOgIyB6Cn1GQ

TIMESTAMPS:

0:00 -0:55 Introducing MDRA, Origins of Her Name

0:56 -2:11 MDRA on Her Favourite Shows, Reality TV

2:12 - 3:46 Toronto Bad Girls Club, Can MDRA Fight?

3:47 - 6:24 MDRA’s Aura of Mystery, Average Day in the Life

6:25 - 8:17 MDRA on her Gym Playlist, Sexyy Red

8:18 - 10:12 MDRA on Studio Process… Solo or Group?

10:13 - 11:37 Transitioning from Ghostwriter to Artist

11:38 - 13:58 Breaking it Down for her Parents, Music as a Career Path

13:58 - 16:04 MDRA’s Favourite Part of Being an Artist, Performing & Production

16:05 - 18:37 Rapid Fire w/ MDRA

18:38 -21:32 MDRA on Buddhism

21:33 - 22:55 Being Singhalese and Meeting Tamils

22:56 - 29:22 XPlain Yourself

29:23 - 30:40 Being Vulnerable on Twitter

30:41 - 31:20 MDRA on Her Favourite Books, Earthing & Yoga

31:21 - 32:22 MDRA on Her Father

32:23 - 36:05 Having a Face Tat & MDRA on Tattoos

36:06 - 38:20 What’s Next for MDRA’s Music?

38:21 - 39:38 Does MDRA Prefer R&B or Trap?

39:39 - 40:51 Visuals, MDRA’s Fav Tracks She Made

40:52 - 42:40 MDRA for OnTheRadar

42:41 - 43:40 MDRA’s Advice for Zar

43:41 - 45:22 Advice on Getting a Manager

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